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William Nelson Cromwell informs President Roosevelt about the developments from his clients regarding the Panama Canal. Cromwell is sailing for Paris on the SS New York to arrange the formal transfer of property for the Canal. He also informs Roosevelt that he has arranged everything for the reception of the Isthmian Canal Commission in Panama.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-12
Elihu Root recommends Benjamin D. Woodward to President Roosevelt for a position under the Panama Canal Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-14
John F. O’Brien is upset that some consider his brother, Edward Charles O’Brien, not qualified to be appointed secretary to the Panama Canal Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-15
C. Grant La Farge discusses a conversation with Joseph Bucklin Bishop about the prospect of his appointment as secretary to the Panama Canal Commission. La Farge wishes the commission would find a way to make the appointment while making it clear that President Roosevelt had not interfered.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-15
Senator Platt recommends Professor Benjamin D. Woodward for an appointment connected with the Isthmian Canal Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-15
General Wood reports that General Edward Charles O’Brien was never employed by the military government of Cuba. O’Brien was instead the president of the Cuban Pan-American Express Company. Consequently, his Cuban record is clean.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-05
Secretary of the Navy Moody approves of the draft of instructions to the Isthmian Canal commissioners. However, he doubts that instructions need to be provided as the personnel of the commission clearly indicate President Roosevelt’s purposes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-05
Nicholas Murray Butler questions Charles W. Fairbanks as President Roosevelt’s vice presidential choice. He recommends Joseph Bucklin Bishop to the Isthmian Canal Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-09
Senator Platt informs New York Secretary of State O’Brien that his brother, Edward C. O’Brien, has been appointed the secretary to the Isthmian Canal Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-25
Seth Low was present at a dinner given by Mr. Crimmins and was delighted with a toast to President Roosevelt’s health given by Cardinal Satolli. Low was pleased to see that William H. Burr was appointed to the Isthmian Canal Commission. Original and typewritten copy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-01
Alfred Noble declines an invitation from President Roosevelt to join the Isthmian Canal Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-20
Governor Odell recommends that President Roosevelt appoint Edward C. O’Brien as secretary of the Panama Canal Commission since it would be “good politics.” He adds that members of the New York legislature and New York congressmen have endorsed O’Brien.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-24
Isaac Newton Seligman comments on William Barclay Parsons, who has been appointed to the Isthmian Canal Commission. Seligman has written to Admiral John Grimes Walker about Benjamin D. Woodward, who had also been considered for work with the Commission. Seligman is circulating copies of the pamphlet “Mr. Roosevelt and the Presidency, By A Spectator,” believing that it is the duty of Roosevelt’s friends to combat “unfair criticism.” Seligman also notes that he attended the funeral of Marcus Alonzo Hanna in Cleveland and hopes to visit Roosevelt in Washington soon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-24
Paul Morton recommends Captain A. H. Payson as the best man from the Pacific coast for Isthmian Canal Commissioner.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-15
Senator Quay hopes President Roosevelt has reconsidered Boies Penrose as a possible appointee to the Panama Canal Commission. If Penrose is not to be appointed, Quay argues that someone else from Pennsylvania ought to be. He hopes Roosevelt will wait to speak to him before acting on an appointment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-17
Whitelaw Reid attests to the fitness of Benjamin D. Woodward, Assistant Commissioner General to the Paris Exposition of 1900, for service with the Isthmian Canal Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-18
Secretary of War Taft informs President Roosevelt that Colonel William Crawford Gorgas’s name was left out of a previous letter containing the names of the Isthmian Canal Commission. A new letter will be sent that day with the correction.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-11-01
“List of appointments made by the Washington Office for service on the Isthmus of Panama, from July 1st to July 31st, 1906 and the mode of selection.” The modes of selection include recruiting agents, civil service, special, and personal application. There are 80 different positions listed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-31
The film has about 2 feet of views of Dr. William Crawford Gorgas, chief sanitation officer of the Panama Canal (1904-1913) and a member of the Isthmian Canal Commission, standing in front of a building. The location of this sequence is undetermined. The remainder of the film shows Dr. Gorgas and an unidentified man riding on a Panama Canal Company train. The two men are silhouetted against passing scenery of the Canal Zone as Dr. Gorgas shows the other man points of interest. The train passes a body of water which is probably a part of the canal, countryside, buildings probably on Front Street, Colon, including a YMCA club. The final scene is of people walking across tracks after the train passes.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1904-1913
President Roosevelt introduces John Campbell Greenway who will be visiting Panama. Roosevelt requests that Greenway be allowed to inspect the work being done on the Panama Canal.
1907-11-27